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G. F. 323

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Incorporation.

and in his absence such member shall preside as the

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members present select.

4. The Mass Transit Railway Provisional Authority

shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and

a common seal and shall be capable of holding and

disposing of all kinds of property, of suing and being

sued and of doing and suffering all such other acts and

things as bodies corporate may lawfully do and suffer.

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Powers and duties of the Provisional Authority.

5.

Subject to section 8, the Provisional Authority

shall do all such things as are necessary or advantageous

and proper in the planning and establishment of a mass

transit railway in Hong Kong for the conveyance of

passengers and may in particular for those purposes

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(a) appoint on such terms and conditions as it

thinks fit such staff (including officers

designate of the proposed Mass Transit Railway

Corporation) as the Provisional

Authority

considers necessary for the initial stages of

the establishment of the railway;

firms

(b) enter into arrangements with persons,

or agencies for the supply of services or

facilities;

(c)

enter into arrangements with public utility

undertakings for the alteration and diversion

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